Church of England: Finance

David Drew: To ask the hon. Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners what average financial contribution was made to each diocese by each of its parishioners in the most recent year for which figures are available.

Stuart Bell: In 2007, the last year for which figures are available, the "parish share" contributed to the dioceses annually per church member (as opposed to per "parishioner"), was as follows:
	
		
			  Diocese  Parish share contributed to diocese per church member (£) 
			 Bath and Wells 314 
			 Birmingham 326 
			 Blackburn 292 
			 Bradford 461 
			 Bristol 421 
			 Canterbury 362 
			 Carlisle 335 
			 Chelmsford 369 
			 Chester 299 
			 Chichester 291 
			 Coventry 341 
			 Derby 349 
			 Durham 313 
			 Ely 310 
			 Exeter 333 
			 Gloucester 294 
			 Guildford 428 
			 Hereford 286 
			 Leicester 360 
			 Lichfield 339 
			 Lincoln 234 
			 Liverpool 279 
			 London 338 
			 Manchester 299 
			 Newcastle 300 
			 Norwich 379 
			 Oxford 358 
			 Peterborough 365 
			 Portsmouth 302 
			 Ripon and Leeds 406 
			 Rochester 123 
			 St Albans 351 
			 St Edmundsbury and Ipswich 333 
			 Salisbury 306 
			 Sheffield 343 
			 Southwark 414 
			 Southwell and Nottingham 356 
			 Truro 284 
			 Wakefield 343 
			 Winchester 350 
			 Worcester 340 
			 York 298 
		
	
	My hon. Friend will also note that the diocese of Europe is not included (because it does not submit parish finance returns like other dioceses) and nor is the diocese of Sodor and Man (for which the figures are too small to produce a reliable average).
	It should also be noted that parish share is not necessarily paid for out of members' voluntary giving. It is, however, the best proxy for the purpose of this Question.

Departmental Land

Nick Gibb: To ask the hon. Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners pursuant to the answer of 20 April 2009,  Official Report, column 40W, on departmental land, 
	(1)  what estimate he has made of the itemised cost of establishing how many acres of agricultural land were sold by the Church Commissioners in each year from 2000 to 2008;
	(2)  what his estimate is of the cost of establishing how many acres of agricultural land were sold by the Church Commissioners in each year from 2000 to 2008, broken down by cost heading.

Stuart Bell: This exercise would entail staff consulting at least 220 files, many of which would have to be retrieved from the Commissioners' off-site archive. While I have not made a fully itemised assessment of the cost, I would estimate that the exercise would take approximately 45 man-hours to complete and that the direct cost of this staff time alone would be in the region of £1,500.
	The indirect cost of senior professional staff being distracted from their management of the portfolio by such an exercise is, of course, harder to judge.

Departmental Property

Nick Gibb: To ask the hon. Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners 
	(1)  what the value has been of the capital receipts generated by the Commissioners' Rural Strategic Property portfolio in each of the last five years;
	(2)  how much in capital receipts was generated by the Church Commissioners' rural strategic property portfolio in each of the last five years.

Stuart Bell: The value of the capital receipts generated by the Commissioners' rural strategic property portfolio in each of the last five years was as follows:-
	
		
			   Value (£ million) 
			 2004 9.4 
			 2005 5.6 
			 2006 11.7 
			 2007 25.9 
			 2008 17.9

Written Answers

Simon Burns: To ask the Leader of the House what recent assessment she has made of the performance of Government Departments in providing timely answers to parliamentary questions for written answer; and if she will make a statement.

Barbara Keeley: My right hon. Friend and I keep the quality and timeliness of Ministers' answers to written parliamentary questions under continuous review. We are happy to make representations on behalf of Members' to Departments. The hon. Gentleman will be aware of the publication of the Procedure Committee report on written parliamentary questions; the Government will respond to this very soon.

Crossrail Line: Finance

Norman Baker: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how much has been  (a) spent on and  (b) committed to the Crossrail project by (i) the Government and (ii) the private sector; and what estimate he has made of the proportion of the final cost of the project each such figure represents.

Sadiq Khan: Crossrail Ltd. (CRL) is delivering Crossrail on behalf of both Project Sponsors (the Department for Transport and Transport for London) and has spent £401 million in relation to the construction of Crossrail (excluding recoverable VAT on land and property purchases) since the granting of Royal Assent on 22 July 2008. In line with undertakings given to the House, expenditure from this date is reported annually, and I refer the hon. Member to the first of these statements, made to the House on 16 July 2009,  Official Report, columns 80-81WS.
	The profile of direct expenditure by private sector partners is a commercial matter for those partners.
	The Crossrail funding package, announced by the Prime Minister in October 2007, is designed to strike a fair balance in securing financial contributions from all those who will benefit from the scheme—Government, businesses and passengers.
	Central Government, through the Department for Transport, have committed £5.1 billion of direct funding to Crossrail, which amounts to approximately one third of the funding package, in line with the estimated costs of construction of £15.9 billion.
	Private sector commitments to Crossrail include a number of commercial agreements with private sector companies to provide contributions to Crossrail, given the benefits which will flow to businesses as a result of the scheme.
	These include agreements with Canary Wharf Group, City of London, Berkeley Homes Group and BAA, as well as wider contributions being made through Business Rate Supplements, the planned Community Infrastructure Levy and Section 106 developer contributions. Such commitments constitute approximately one third of the Crossrail funding package.

Railways: Electrification

Norman Baker: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport by what date he expects a contract to have been signed to deliver each rail electrification scheme he has announced to date.

Chris Mole: On 23 July the Government announced a major £1.1 billion programme of rail electrification. The routes to be electrified are: (i) the Great Western Main Line between London and Swansea; and (ii) the line between Liverpool and Manchester via Newton-le-Willows.
	As with other rail investments, both schemes will be delivered by Network Rail. Details of contracts with suppliers are a matter for Network Rail and the schemes will be completed by (i) 2017 and (ii) 2013 respectively.

Departmental Advertising

Vincent Cable: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland on which initiatives of his Department and its agencies expenditure on advertising has been incurred in each of the last five years; how much was spent on each such initiative; and which such initiatives were advertised through the Central Office of Information.

Paul Goggins: Advertising is an important form of communication which is used by the Northern Ireland Office to inform and encourage the public to contribute to the debate around proposed changes to legislation and deliver important public safety messages to as wide an audience as possible.
	The following table shows how much the Northern Ireland Office, including the Public Prosecution Service Northern Ireland and its agencies, but excluding its NDPBs, has spent on advertising initiatives in each of the last five years.
	
		
			  £ 
			   NIO core  Forensic science NI  Youth Justice Agency 
			 2004-05 151,998.70 — — 
			 2005-06 213,119.67 — — 
			 2006-07 174,941.56 — — 
			 2007-08 357,956.92 — 1,318.76 
			 2008-09 416,799.12 1,272.74 — 
		
	
	The Northern Ireland Prison Service and the Compensation Agency had no such expenditure.
	The following details each initiative, the amount spent and whether or not the Central Office of Information (COI) was used to advertise the initiative.
	
		
			  Initiative  Amount (£)  COI used 
			  NIO core   
			  2004-05   
			 Advertising Draft ASBO Order 2,732.23 Yes 
			 Advertising Consultation on ASBO Order 1,187.93 Yes 
			 Advertising Draft Criminal Justice Order 1,544.30 Yes 
			 Advertising Criminal Justice Commencement Order 1,847.72 Yes 
			 Advertising Public Consultation on Road Traffic 2,200.61 Yes 
			 Advertising for Criminal Justice Consultation 1,906.32 Yes 
			 Advertising Public Consultation on Review Sentencing Framework 1,482.19 Yes 
			 Public Consultation on Draft Proposal for a Criminal Justice (NI) Order 2005 2,167.69 Yes 
			 Unknown Callers TV Ad 45,810.75 No 
			 Theft from Vehicles 91,118.96 No 
			
			  2005-06   
			 Public Consultation on Corporate Manslaughter 2,047.27 Yes 
			 Public Consultation on Corruption 1,565.57 Yes 
			 Unknown Callers TV Ad 114,797.00 No 
			 Theft from Vehicles 94,709.83 No 
			
			  2006-07   
			 Advertising Criminal Justice Awards 5,192.77 Yes 
			 Advertising Criminal Justice Awards 1,999.80 Yes 
			 Rehabilitation of Offenders 2,169.29 Yes 
			 Law on Knives 1,866.22 Yes 
			 Sexual Offences Consultation 1,866.22 Yes 
			 Test for Quashing Convictions 2,239.46 Yes 
			 Make Sure Crime Doesn't Pay Consultation 2,363.88 Yes 
			 Consultation on Road Traffic 1,886.22 Yes 
			 Unknown Callers TV Ad 950.00 No 
			 Theft from Vehicles 34,688.45 No 
			 Domestic Violence Media Campaign 50,000.00 No 
			 Recording Incidents of Hate Project 5,889.25 No 
			 Knife Crime Media Campaign 63,830.00 No 
			
			  2007-08   
			 Firework Campaign 38,000.00 No 
			 Corporate Manslaughter and Homicide Act 2007 1,437.63 Yes 
			 Corporate Manslaughter and Homicide Act 2007 1,437.63 Yes 
			 Public Consultation on Draft Proposal for a Criminal Justice (NI) Order 2007 2,643.73 Yes 
			 Advertising Proposed Draft Sexual Offences 2,907.47 Yes 
			 Public Consultation Possession of Non Photographic Images 2,346.70 Yes 
			 Unknown Callers TV Ad 50,199.50 No 
			 Theft from Vehicles 63,492.46 No 
			 Domestic Violence Media Campaign 175,491.80 No 
			 Fireworks Public Safety Campaign 20,000.00 No 
			  2008-09   
			 Consultation on proposals for reform of law on murder/manslaughter and infanticide 2,126.77 Yes 
			 Consultation on Fine Default 1,987.74 Yes 
			 Changes to the Law on Sexual Offences 135.70 Yes 
			 Changes to the Law on Sexual Offences 1,104.00 Yes 
			 Changes to the Law on Sexual Offences 6,601.69 Yes 
			 Blue Cube Interactive Adverts in Cinema on Sexual Offences 3,057.28 Yes 
			 Blue Cube cost on Line Management 1,427.15 Yes 
			 Advert for Implementing Electronic Monitoring 344.05 Yes 
			 Advert for Implementing Electronic Monitoring 128.64 Yes 
			 Changes to the Law on Sexual Offences 18,748.63 No 
			 Unknown Callers TV Ad 102,030.42 No 
			 Theft from Vehicles 78,682.05 No 
			 Close it, Lock it, Check it Campaign 169,425.00 No 
			 Campus Watch 11,000.00 No 
			 Fireworks Public Safety Campaign 20,000.00 No 
			
			  Youth Justice Agency 2007-08   
			 TAG Rugby Initiative 1,318.76 No 
			
			  Forensic Science Northern Ireland 2008-09   
			 Pens, mugs, badge reels 1,272.74 No

Agriculture: Subsidies

Tim Farron: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the cost of the satellite photographs produced by the Rural Payments Agency as part of the Single Payment Scheme Remote Sensing project has been in 2009 to date.

Jim Fitzpatrick: The raw satellite images used by the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) for controls with remote sensing are provided, without charge, to participating member states by the European Commission's Joint Research Centre. There is therefore no cost incurred by RPA for the images themselves.
	However, processing these images requires RPA to engage a specialist contractor. The total contract budget for this specialist work in 2009 is £518,520. The processed images are used not only to check SPS applications but also to inform updates to the Rural Land Register.

Agriculture: Subsidies

Tim Farron: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate he has made of the average change in Single Payment Scheme payments per holding as a result of the Single Payment Scheme Remote Sensing exercise.

Jim Fitzpatrick: Work on the 2009 remote sensing exercise is still under way.
	In 2008 95 per cent. of all land remote sensed was found to be correct. Since each customer's entitlement value is different the scale of change in payment will vary from customer to customer.
	However, using the average farm size for remote sensing in 2008 of 63.35 hectares, this meant an average change per farm of three hectares. At flat rate payment values for 2008 this equates to a £336.51 payment reduction per holding (before modulation).

Animals: Exports

Tim Farron: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many live  (a) cattle,  (b) horses,  (c) sheep and  (d) ponies were exported in each of the last five years.

Jim Fitzpatrick: Data collected from the EU Commission's Trade Control Expert System (TRACES) indicates that the following number of live cattle, equines (including both horses and ponies) and sheep were certified by official veterinarians as meeting the intra-Community trade rules for dispatch from the United Kingdom to other EU member states in the specified year:
	
		
			   2006  2007  2008 
			 Equidae 6,318 8,090 6,691 
			 Cattle 152,835 193,309 112,740 
			 Sheep 293,196 207,845 319,700 
		
	
	The available TRACES data does not distinguish between horses or ponies, therefore the figures for these animals is combined under the heading of 'equidae'. In addition, the Tripartite Agreement between the UK, Republic of Ireland and France allows most equidae to move between these countries without the need for the movement to be recorded on TRACES. Therefore, these movements are not captured in the above data.
	Data for earlier years has not been provided because it is not currently available in a format which allows any direct comparison to that supplied above.
	The figures are subject to updating and amendment.
	The number of animals certified for export from the United Kingdom to countries outside of the EU is not recorded centrally, meaning that it is not possible to provide this data.

Farming Link

Nick Herbert: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the cost was of producing and distributing the  Farming Link publication in each of the last five years.

Jim Fitzpatrick: The information is included in the following table.  Farming Link was not published prior to spring 2007.
	
		
			   Design (£)  Print (£)  Postage (£) 
			 Spring 2007 19,771 31,900 (1)— 
			 Summer 2007 23,017 29,196 32,435 
			 Autumn 2007 23,017 27,495 (2)0 
			 Winter 2007-08 27,797 24,525 39,888 
			 Spring 2008 28,892 31,310 28,925 
			 Summer 2008 29,326 29,611 35,571 
			 Autumn 2008 28,856 29,611 28,133 
			 Winter 2008-09 28,242 29,690 28,198 
			 Spring 2009 28,679 31,120 (1)— 
			 Summer 2009 28,476 32,476 29,874 
			 Autumn 2009 24,259 32,956 (1)— 
			 (1) Figure not available.(  2) This edition was not distributed as it fell between the lifting of the first foot and mouth disease outbreak restrictions and the second outbreak on 12 September, 2007.

Milk: Overseas Trade

Tim Farron: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate he has made of the liquid whole milk equivalent volume of  (a) imports and  (b) exports of milk-based products in each of the last three years.

Jim Fitzpatrick: It is not possible to provide the different milk products in liquid milk equivalent. It is a complex calculation which can lead to double counting. The following table shows the UK trade in milk products for 2006-08.
	
		
			2006  2007  2008 
			  Flow  Description  Tonnes  £000s  Tonnes  £000s  Tonnes  £000s 
			 Imports Cheese 378,105 885,940 402,936 930,342 421,800 1,195,175 
			  Yoghurt 143,591 124,378 137,793 124,798 159,158 164,743 
			  Buttermilk 134,692 115,063 143,902 113,512 151,679 143,339 
			  Butter 147,139 334,749 103,231 228,565 81,402 233,576 
			  Ice Cream 90,716 136,834 92,729 139,481 95,781 162,619 
			  Condensed milk 45,367 41,956 40,841 43,909 39,051 45,857 
			  Whey 21,452 17,282 25,334 30,218 22,066 21,951 
			  Other 3,498 5,367 3,305 5,563 3,223 6,978 
			 Imports total  964,561 1,661,568 950,070 1,616,388 974,159 1,974,237 
			 
			 Exports Cheese 104,212 230,624 97,174 241,260 88,420 281,306 
			  Whey 74,112 32,612 66,702 42,157 74,040 31,843 
			  Ice Cream 55,587 50,319 39,007 47,793 33,316 48,435 
			  Butter 35,670 59,914 31,662 66,170 23,751 54,772 
			  Buttermilk 22,080 8,381 25,107 9,720 14,015 8,283 
			  Yoghurt 17,189 25,322 16,911 29,302 16,694 34,602 
			  Condensed milk 6,346 8,326 5,615 8,123 3,052 5,375 
			  Other 553 2,323 634 1,922 511 1,588 
			 Exports total  315,748 417,820 282,812 446,447 253,797 466,203 
			  Source:  HM Revenue and Customs. Data prepared by Trade Statistics, Economics and Statistics Programme, DEFRA.

Parole Board

Christopher Huhne: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many offenders whose tariffs had expired remained in prison while they awaited listing for an  (a) oral hearing,  (b) paper hearing and  (c) other consideration before the Parole Board on the latest date for which figures are available.

Bridget Prentice: The tariff is the minimum period specified by the court which must be served before a prisoner is eligible for release on parole. There is nothing automatic about release on expiry of tariff, as the decision as to whether to release an offender has to be based on the assessed risk of harm which he presents—not on whether he has served the minimum period of imprisonment specified by the court. Therefore, any prisoner whose tariff has expired will remain in prison while they are awaiting an oral hearing, paper hearing or other consideration by the Parole Board to determine whether the risk of harm which they present is such that it might be safely managed in the community.
	The total number of indeterminate prisoners whose tariff has expired and who were awaiting consideration as at 31 July 2009 was 1,284.

Parole Board

Christopher Huhne: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many judicial reviews brought in relation to  (a) the time taken to hear a case and  (b) other matters the Parole Board (i) is contesting and (ii) has contested in each of the last five years; and what costs the Parole Board has incurred on contesting judicial reviews in each such year.

Bridget Prentice: The Parole Board only has figures for the past three years and includes all judicial review cases considered as follows:
	
		
			   (a)  (b)  Costs( 1)  (£) 
			 2006-07 8 74 113,850 
			 2007-08 48 81 427,162 
			 2008-09 60 48 770,529 
			 (1) Costs include solicitors' fees and any costs and compensation awarded to claimants. All costs are borne by the Ministry of Justice.

Parole Board: Official Hospitality

Christopher Huhne: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much the Parole Board has spent on hospitality in each of the last five years.

Bridget Prentice: The Parole Board has spent the following sums on hospitality:
	
		
			   £ 
			 2004-05 265 
			 2005-06 140 
			 2006-07 238 
			 2007-08 529 
			 2008-09 201

Youth Custody: Per Capita Costs

David Burrowes: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what his most recent estimate is of the total monthly cost of a custodial place at  (a) young offender institutions,  (b) secure training centres and  (c) secure children's homes.

Maria Eagle: The Youth Justice Board calculates annual figures for the cost of places in the three types of establishment in the under-18 secure estate. As at 1 April 2009, these were as follows:
	
		
			   Average annual cost per place (£000) 
			 Secure children's home 215 
			 Secure training centre 160 
			 Young offender institution 60 
			  Note: VAT is not included within these figures.

Iraq and Afghanistan: Peacekeeping Operations

Liam Fox: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence 
	(1)  what the  (a) planned and  (b) actual average flying hours of each aircraft type operating in (i) Iraq and (ii) Afghanistan was in each year since 2003;
	(2)  what the  (a) planned and  (b) actual average flying hours of each helicopter type operating in (i) Iraq and (ii) Afghanistan was in each year since 2003.

Bill Rammell: I am withholding the information requested for Afghanistan as its disclosure would, or would be likely to prejudice the capability, effectiveness or security of our armed forces. I can say, however, that between November 2006 and April 2009 we increased the number of helicopter flying hours in Afghanistan by 84 per cent.
	For Op TELIC aircraft supporting operations in Iraq, information on the number of planned operational flying hours is not held by the Department for any fleet. For actual flying hours on operations, this information is not recorded centrally. I am able to provide information for some aircraft types and this is provided in the following tables . For all other fixed wing aircraft and helicopter fleets that have been deployed on Op TELIC the information is either no longer held by the department or could be provided only at disproportionate cost. All statistics have been rounded to the nearest five hours.
	For Nimrod MR2, Hercules and Tornado GR4 the total number of actual flying hours flown on Op TELIC is given by financial year.
	
		
			  Nimrod MR2  Total actual flying hours by financial year 
			 2003-04 1,040 
			 2004-05 2,350 
			 2005-06 1,975 
			 2006-07 1,385 
			 2007-08 725 
			 2008-09 225 
		
	
	
		
			  Hercules (all variants)  Total actual flying hours by financial year 
			 2003-04 (1)— 
			 2004-05 (1)— 
			 2005-06 (1)— 
			 2006-07 (1)— 
			 2007-08 5,855 
			 2008-09 5,960 
		
	
	
		
			  Tornado GR4  Total actual flying hours by financial year 
			 2003-04 6,775 
			 2004-05 6,585 
			 2005-06 6,825 
			 2006-07 8,150 
			 2007-08 9,175 
			 2008-09 7,425 
		
	
	For VCIO and Tristar the total number of actual flying hours flown on Op Telic is given by calendar year. VCIO was withdrawn from theatre in July 2009.
	
		
			  VCIO  Total actual flying hours by calendar year 
			 2003 2,600 
			 2004 2,695 
			 2005 2,525 
			 2006 3,245 
			 2007 2,995 
			 2008 3,150 
			 January-July 2009 1,150 
		
	
	
		
			  Tristar  Total actual flying hours by calendar year 
			 2003 1,885 
			 2004 20 
			 2005 Nil 
			 2006 5 
			 2007 Nil 
			 2008 Nil 
			 2009 Nil 
		
	
	Over the period 2003-09 Nimrod Rl have flown a total of 1,770 hours and Sentry has flown 1,415 hours in support of Op Telic. It is not possible to break down these totals by year flown, without incurring disproportionate cost.

Electronic Government

Justine Greening: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the set up cost of making Directgov available via  (a) Sky,  (b) Virgin Media,  (c) NTL,  (d) Telewest,  (e) Freeview and  (f) mobile telephones was; and what the running costs of provision of the service via each platform has been in each year for which figures are available.

Jim Knight: The set-up and running costs for each individual platform are commercially sensitive, however, the annual running costs for these platforms are shown in the following table.
	
		
			  £ 
			   2004-05  2005-06  2006-07  2007-08  2008-09 
			 TV total 437,288 705,542 772,908 641,313 863,016 
			 Mobile total — — 73,775 175,704 497,371 
			 Combined total 437,288 705,542 846,683 817,017 1,360,387

Charities

Bob Spink: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what grants his Department made to charitable organisations in each of the last five years.

Gerry Sutcliffe: The Department records the charitable status of those bodies that it supports through grant in aid, ongoing grants and strategic commissioning.
	Payments to these bodies are set out in the following table.
	
		
			  £000 
			  Charity name  2008-09  2007-08  2006-07 
			  NDPBs with exempt charity status
			 British Library 107,086 106,608 114,281 
			 British Museum 51,103 45,055 46,605 
			 Imperial War Museum 24,022 22,304 21,034 
			 Museum of London 0 8,826 8,593 
			 National Gallery 26,527 25,798 26,336 
			 National Maritime Museum 19,730 18,636 18,354 
			 National Museum of Science and Industry 39,311 41,484 42,417 
			 National Museums Liverpool 22,619 22,508 23,172 
			 National Portrait Gallery 7,853 7,193 6,771 
			 Natural History Museum 53,047 45,425 47,785 
			 Tate Gallery 61,544 46,097 35,661 
			 The Royal Armouries 8,264 8,917 8,273 
			 Victoria and Albert Museum 45,020 45,954 43,637 
			 Wallace Collection 4,388 4,384 3,324 
			 
			  Registered charities
			 Arts Council of England 436,831 425,992 476,552 
			 Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust 300 455 450 
			 Churches Conservation Trust 3,162 3,062 2,462 
			 Design Museum 414 503 530 
			 Geffrye Museum 1,748 2,215 1,571 
			 Greenwich Foundation for the Old Royal Naval College 2,200 1,500 1,500 
			 Horniman Museum 4,757 4,358 4,467 
			 Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester 4,788 4,451 4,886 
			 Museums, Libraries and Archives Council 65,321 64,271 52,318 
			 National Film and Television School 2,978 3,013 3,415 
			 National Football Museum 103 144 104 
			 Sir John Soane's Museum 1,339 1,389 1,264 
			  Notes: 1. The Department changed its accounting system at the end of 2005-06. Comparative information for 2005-06 and earlier years could be provided only at disproportionate cost. 2. The Department does not routinely record the status of all recipients from other grant schemes for which eligibility is the custody of historic buildings or museum, library or archive collections, and a fuller list could be provided only at disproportionate cost. 3. Some figures above are higher than those in the annual report and accounts as they include elements of Strategic Commissioning funding.

Departmental Rail Travel

Paul Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much his Department spent on first class rail travel for officials in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement.

Gerry Sutcliffe: All official travel is undertaken in accordance with rules set out in the Department's staff guide under travel and subsistence and is consistent with the civil service management code.
	The expenditure on first class rail travel by officials ordered via the Department's contracted travel agent in each of the last financial years is set out in the table. These amounts exclude any travel booked directly, which can be identified only at disproportionate cost.
	
		
			  Financial year  £ 
			 2008-09 46,033.75 
			 2007-08 35,626.10 
			 2006-07 70,496.60

Departmental Travel

Justine Greening: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much his Department spent on  (a) car hire,  (b) train travel,  (c) air travel,  (d) hotels and  (e) restaurant meals for (i) Ministers and (ii) staff in his Department in each of the last five years.

Gerry Sutcliffe: All travel by Ministers and civil servants is undertaken in accordance with the Ministerial Code and the Civil Service Management Code respectively and spending on official entertainment is made in accordance with the principles set out in Managing Public Money.
	The Department's accounting system does not record information by the specific categories requested and can be obtained only at disproportionate cost. The available information is set out as follows:
	 Ministerial cars
	The Department for Transport publish an annual written ministerial statement on the cost of ministerial cars. The latest one for 2008-09 was published on 16 July and can be viewed at:
	http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200809/cmhansrd/cm090716/wmstext/90716m0009.htm# 09071651000059
	Similar information regarding ministerial cars relating to prior years can be viewed at:
	 2007-08
	http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200708/cmhansrd/cm080722/wmstext/80722m0008.htm
	 2003-04 to 2006-07
	http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200708/cmhansrd/cm080630/text/80630w0008.htm
	Other car hire costs relating to Ministers are set out in the following table.
	
		
			   £ 
			 2008-09 10,823.38 
			 2007-08 17,054.99 
			 2006-07 16,094.75 
			 2005-06 13,947.79 
			 2004-05 6,690.89 
		
	
	Ministers' UK travel and subsistence costs are set out in the following table.
	
		
			   £ 
			 2008-09 15,071.77 
			 2007-08 17,090.58 
			 2006-07 16,499.50 
			 2005-06 22,571.40 
			 2004-05 13,102.46 
		
	
	 Ministers' visits overseas
	Since 1999 the Cabinet Office has published, on an annual basis, a list of all overseas visits by Cabinet Ministers costing over £500, as well as total cost of all ministerial travel overseas. The 2008-09 list was published on 16 July and can be viewed at:
	http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/propriety_and_ethics/ministers/travel_gifts.aspx
	Civil servants' travel and subsistence costs are set out in the following table.
	
		
			  £ 
			   UK  Overseas 
			 2008-09 146,108.08 234,101.26 
			 2007-08 163,735.50 250,554.75 
			 2006-07 193,620.21 297,832.07 
			 2005-06 293,203.28 287,546.56 
			 2004-05 166,500.58 279,710.59 
		
	
	Copies of written ministerial statements are deposited in the Libraries of both Houses.

Sport England: Internet

Peter Bone: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the start-up cost of Sport England's Active Places website was; and what its running costs were in the most recent 12 month period for which figures are available.

Gerry Sutcliffe: Sport England have advised that in its first financial year of operation, 2004-05, the Active Places website cost a total of £1.98 million. This figure includes start-up costs and running costs for that year.
	Running costs for 2008-09 were £0.894 million.

Sports: Young People

Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what percentage of people aged  (a) 11 to 15,  (b) 16,  (c) 17 to 18 and  (d) over 18 years old were recorded as having participated in at least one active sport in the last four weeks in surveys in each of the last five years.

Gerry Sutcliffe: holding answer 16 September 2009
	The following figures are the percentages of young people participating in at least one active sport in the last four weeks, broken down by age category. Data is derived from the results of the Taking Part Survey, which has been run by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport since 2005.
	The survey is divided into an adult and a child questionnaire, with the former covering respondents aged 16 and over.
	
		
			  Percentage 
			   2006  2007  2008  2005-06  2006-0 7  2007-08  2008-09 
			  Child survey
			  (a) 11 to 15 years old 95 94.9 96.3 — — — — 
			 
			  Adult survey
			  (b) 16 years old — — — 82.5 82.2 86.6 77.5 
			  (c) 17 to 18 years old — — — 80 77.9 78.8 75.1 
			  (d) 18+ years old — — — 52.3 52.1 52.1 52.2 
		
	
	To address this, through the Sport Unlimited initiative, Sport England works closely with the Government to deliver the five Hour Young People's Sports Offer. Over three years, the programme will enable 900,000 children and young people to take part in 10-week taster sessions in sports and aims to get 300,000 participants to join clubs and continue with sport beyond those sessions. Additionally, one of Sport England's strategic targets is to reduce the drop off among 16 to 18-year-olds in nine key sports. This target will be measured by the Active People survey and is based on reducing the gap between 16 and 18-year-old participation by 25 per cent. The national target is therefore to increase overall participation in the nine drop off sports among 18-year-olds to 31 per cent.
	The latest 12 month rolling participation figure illustrates that there has been a statistically significant increase in overall participation in the nine drop off sports among 18-year-olds from 189,100 to 202,500. If this level of overall participation in the nine drop off sports were maintained until the end of the current strategy period then the participation figures are expected to reach the target of 31 per cent.

Speaker

Kate Hoey: To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission what procedures were used to recruit Mr. Speaker's special adviser; who  (a) carried out those procedures and  (b) set the salary for that post; and what the (i) salary and (ii) job specification is for that post.

Nick Harvey: Mr. Speaker's special adviser was engaged via a contract for Services—not an employment contract—under the House's normal procurement arrangements. He is to be paid an agreed rate per day worked. The amount is commercial in confidence.
	A copy of the special adviser's job description is being placed in the Library.

Coal: Industrial Health and Safety

John Mann: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many Group 3 coal health compensation claims submitted by each solicitor's firm have been disputed.

David Kidney: The number of claims submitted by claimants' representatives for vibration white finger (VWF) that fall under the Group 3 category is shown in the following table as at 4 October 2009.
	We are unable to provide this information for claims submitted under the chronic obstructive pulmonary disease scheme as these are assessed by different criteria and are not categorised by groups.
	
		
			  Claimants' representatives  Location  Total claims 
			 Ashton Morton Slack LLP AMS UDM Claims Only 84 
			 Atha and Co. Solicitors Middlesbrough 1 
			 Atteys Doncaster 1 
			 Atteys Retford 1 
			 Atteys Rotherham 55 
			 Avalon Solicitors Warrington 1 
			 Bakewells Derby 1 
			 Banner Jones Chesterfield 1 
			 BBH Solicitors Cheshire 2 
			 BBH Solicitors Wirral 4 
			 Bell Dallman and Co. Doncaster 3 
			 Ben Hoare Bell and Co. Solicitors Sunderland (Southwick) 6 
			 Beresfords Solicitors Doncaster 12 
			 Beresfords Solicitors Doncaster (UDM Only) 135 
			 BHP LAW Belmont 8 
			 Branton Bridge Manchester 9 
			 BRM Solicitors Chesterfield 1 
			 BRM Solicitors Chesterfield—UDM claims only 2 
			 Browell Smith and Co. Newcastle—SPSSG 2 
			 Browell Smith and Co. Newcastle upon Tyne 550 
			 Campbell Smith W.S. Edinburgh—Scottish claims only 5 
			 Colemans Solicitors Manchester 7 
			 Corries Solicitors Glasgow—Scottish claims only 18 
			 Corries York York 14 
			 D. W. Shaw Solicitors Cumnock—Scottish claims only 1 
			 David W Harris and Co. Solicitors Pontyclun 1 
			 Davis Blank Furniss Manchester 1 
			 Digby Brown and Co. Solicitors Glasgow—Scottish claims only 1 
			 DMH Stallard Brighton 3 
			 Emsleys Solicitors Leeds 1 
			 Endlars Solicitors 86A Bury Old Road 1 
			 Parleys Solicitors Burnley 2 
			 Foys Solicitors Worksop 1 
			 Furley Page Canterbury 44 
			 Gabb and Co. Powys 18 
			 Gorman Hamilton Solicitors Newcastle upon Tyne 50 
			 Graysons Solicitors Chesterfield 1 
			 Graysons Solicitors Sheffield 317 
			 Hartley and Worstenholme Solicitors Pontefract 1 
			 Hickmotts Solicitors Rotherham 25 
			 Hollis and Co. Solicitors — 1 
			 Holmes and Hills Solicitors Great Dunmow 6 
			 Hopkins Eden Court, Mansfield 6 
			 Housemans Solicitors Newcastle upon Tyne 1 
			 Hugh James Cardiff 347 
			 Hugh James Respiratory Disease Department 1 
			 Hutchinson Morris and L. C. Thomas Neath 1 
			 Ibbotson Brady Solicitors Leeds 1 
			 Irwin Mitchell Solicitors Sheffield 49 
			 J. Keith Park and Co. Solicitors The Litigation Group 1 
			 J. M. Skinner Solicitors Birkenhead 1 
			 Jackson Heath Solicitors Leeds 1 
			 Jordans Solicitors Wakefield 1 
			 Keeble Hawson Doncaster 14 
			 Keeble Hawson Moorhouse Sheffield 17 
			 Kenyon Son and Craddock 32 South Parade 1 
			 Kidd and Spoor Harper Solicitors Newcastle upon Tyne 117 
			 Kingslegal Cardiff 38 
			 L. A. Steel Barnsley 1 
			 Latham and Co. Solicitors Leicester 74 
			 Latham and Co. Solicitors Loughborough 1 
			 Leo Abse and Cohen Cardiff 1 
			 Lloyd Green Solicitors Glasgow—UDM Only 1 
			 Lopian Wagner Solicitors Manchester 5 
			 Macquillan and Co Gwent 1 
			 Maidments Solicitors Bolton 1 
			 Malcolm C. Foy and Co. Solicitors Doncaster 2 
			 Mark Gilbert Morse Newcastle upon Tyne 1 
			 Marrons Solicitors Newcastle upon Tyne 3 
			 McConville O'Neill Solicitors Glasgow—Scottish 1 
			 McLeish Carswell Glasgow 1 
			 McLeish Carswell Glasgow—Scottish claims only 13 
			 Meloy Whittle Robinson Preston 15 
			 Mills Kemp and Brown Solicitors Barnsley 1 
			 Mincoffs Solicitors Newcastle upon Tyne 7 
			 MLM Solicitors Cardiff 2 
			 Morisons Solicitors Edinburgh 1 
			 Morisons Solicitors Edinburgh—Scottish claims only 27 
			 Mortons Solicitors Sunderland 61 
			 Moss Solicitors Loughborough 35 
			 Moss Solicitors Moss UDM claims only 106 
			 Moxon and Barker Solicitors Belks Court Pontefract 1 
			 Newman and Bond Solicitors Barnsley 1 
			 O. H. Parsons and Partners Solicitors London 69 
			 Oxley and Coward Solicitors Rotherham 10 
			 Pannone and Partners Solicitors Manchester 1 
			 Patchell Davies Solicitors Gwent 1 
			 Peace Revitt Solicitors Wombwell 10 
			 Raleys Solicitors — 1 
			 Raleys Solicitors Barnsley 251 
			 Randell Lloyd Jenkins and Martin Llanelli 66 
			 Richard J. Knaggs and Co. Redcar 4 
			 Robinson and Murphy Solicitors Newcastle 1 
			 Robinson King Solicitors—Ceased trading Stockport 2 
			 Saffmans Solicitors Leeds 13 
			 Shaw and Co. Solicitors Doncaster 52 
			 Shaw and Co. Solicitors Newcastle upon Tyne 15 
			 Sherwood-Smith, Tilley and Co. Houghton Le Spring 1 
			 Simpson Millar Solicitors Leeds 3 
			 Smith and Graham Solicitors Hartlepool 1 
			 T. S. Edwards and Son Solicitors Newport 3 
			 T. S. Edwards and Son Solicitors Ystrad Mynach 36 
			 The Paul Rooney Partnership Liverpool 1 
			 Thompson and Co. Solicitors Sunderland 57 
			 Thompsons — 1 
			 Thompsons Solicitors — 156 
			 Thompsons Solicitors Edinburgh—Scottish claims only 186 
			 Thompsons Solicitors Manchester 2 
			 Thompsons Solicitors Newcastle—Scottish claims 1 
			 Thompsons Solicitors Newcastle upon Tyne 796 
			 Thompsons Solicitors South Shields 1 
			 Thornleys Huddersfield 10 
			 Tilly Bailey and Irvine Solicitors Hartlepool 2 
			 TLW Solicitors North Shields 2 
			 Towells Solicitors Wakefield 112 
			 Treanors Solicitors Sunderland 2 
			 Union of Democratic Mineworkers Mansfield 53 
			 Wake Smith and Tofields Solicitors Sheffield 2 
			 Watson Burton LLP Newcastle upon Tyne 207 
			 Watson Burton LLP Newcastle upon Tyne—Scottish only 1 
			 Total  4,490

Coal: Industrial Health and Safety

John Mann: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many payments in respect of disputed claims made under the coal health compensation scheme have been made to each of the 50 solicitors' firms which have made the highest number of such claims.

David Kidney: The following table shows the number of payments made for claims with a Schedule 20 Dispute or a Formal Dispute under the terms of the Claims Handling Agreements that were submitted by the top 50 claimants' representatives (by claim volume) as at 4 October 2009.
	
		
			  Claimants' representatives  Location  COPD disputed claim  COPD disputed claims costs count 
			 Beresfords Solicitors Doncaster 15 11 
			 Hugh James Respiratory Disease Dept 282 248 
			 Raleys Solicitors Barnsley 242 221 
			 Thompsons Solicitors Newcastle upon Tyne 94 73 
			 Browell Smith and Co Newcastle upon Tyne 53 40 
			 Avalon Solicitors Warrington 2 2 
			 Mark Gilbert Morse Newcastle upon Tyne 29 24 
			 Thompsons Solicitors Edinburgh—Scottish claims only 116 92 
			 Union of Democratic Mineworkers Mansfield 59 52 
			 Barber and Co Liverpool 11 8 
			 Watson Burton LLP Newcastle upon Tyne 30 28 
			 Graysons Solicitors Sheffield 354 253 
			 Randell Lloyd Jenkins and Martin Llanelli 110 88 
			 Delta Legal Manchester 17 16 
			 Ingrams Solicitors Hull—COPD only 16 14 
			 TLW Solicitors North Shields 26 18 
			 Birchall Blackburn Preston 2 1 
			 Corries Solicitors Glasgow—Scottish claims only — 0 
			 Beresfords Solicitors Doncaster (UDM only) — 0 
			 Towells Solicitors Wakefield 53 24 
			 Ashton Morton Slack LLP Sheffield 5 4 
			 Gorman Hamilton Solicitors Newcastle upon Tyne 2 2 
			 Corries York York 2 1 
			 Kidd and Spoor Harper Solicitors Newcastle upon Tyne 6 6 
			 Irwin Mitchell Solicitors Sheffield 12 12 
			 Beresfords Solicitors Doncaster (Scottish claims) 1 1 
			 BRM Solicitors Chesterfield 11 8 
			 Avalon Solicitors Manchester (Scottish only) — 0 
			 Moss Solicitors Moss UDM claims only 5 4 
			 Ashton Morton Slack LLP AMS UDM claims only 7 7 
			 Hilary Meredith Solicitors Wilmslow 1 1 
			 Wake Smith and Tofields Solicitors Sheffield 3 3 
			 1 Legal Solicitors Swansea — 0 
			 Moss Solicitors Loughborough 2 2 
			 Atteys Rotherham 12 11 
			 O H Parsons and Partners Solicitors London 20 19 
			 Mark Gilbert Morse Newcastle upon Tyne (Scottish only) 3 3 
			 Ryan Carlisle Thomas Lawyers Victoria 1 1 
			 Recompense Limited Totnes — 0 
			 Simpson Millar Solicitors Leeds 2 1 
			 Onyems and Partners Essex 5 1 
			 Bailey Bravo Jobling London 1 1 
			 Shaw and Co Solicitors Doncaster 18 15 
			 Furley Page Canterbury 38 35 
			 Mortons Solicitors Sunderland 18 9 
			 Meloy Whittle Robinson Preston 2 1 
			 Morisons Solicitors Edinburgh—Scottish claims only 2 2 
			 Marrons Solicitors Newcastle upon Tyne 4 3 
			 McConville O'Neill Solicitors Glasgow—Scottish — 0 
			 Latham and Co Solicitors Leicester 6 5 
			 
			 Total  1,700 1,371

Energy Supply: Meters

Charles Hendry: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what his most recent estimate is of the  (a) average and  (b) maximum premium paid by customers for using pre-payment meters for domestic (i) gas and (ii) electricity supply.

David Kidney: The most recent figures on tariffs are those for October 2009. The new rules outlawing undue price discrimination came into force in September.
	According to the latest available figures prices for an average consumer using 3,300 kWh of electricity per year, indicate an average annual differential of £10 (pre-payment compared with standard credit) and a maximum differential of £38, if prompt payment discounts on standard credit are included. If they are not, these figures are -£5 and £7 respectively.
	For an average consumer using 20,500 kWh of gas per year, October 2009 prices indicate an average annual differential of £22 and a maximum differential of £73 if prompt payment discounts are included. Without prompt payment discounts, these figures are -£5 and £58 respectively.
	The "minus" figures indicate that in some cases prices for pre-payment meters are lower than those for some standard credit customers.
	The average dual fuel pre-payment customer now pays £4 less than the average standard credit dual fuel customer. This compares to a figure of £41 more in July 2008.
	Ofgem produces estimates of domestic household energy bills, and these reflect current prices as at October 2009 prices. The maximum and average differentials given here mean the difference between standard credit and pre-payment tariffs available to consumers by a single supplier within one region. Figures for standard credit are complicated by the fact that some suppliers offer a discount to standard credit consumers who pay promptly, so we have noted these variants.

Higher and Further Education: Buildings

David Evennett: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills from whom a  (a) university and  (b) further education college is required to seek permission to sell any of its buildings to a private company for (i) educational use and (ii) non-educational use; and if he will make a statement.

David Lammy: Higher education institutions in receipt of funding from the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) are not required to seek the permission of the council before the disposal of assets, including land or buildings regardless of their current or future use. In its financial memorandum with HEFCE each institution is required to operate an estates strategy which keeps under review their current and future assets requirement, and identifies opportunities for rationalisation where appropriate.
	The Further and Higher Education Act 1992 provides that further education colleges may acquire and dispose of land and other property but the Act does not require a corporation to seek permission before doing so. However, in its financial agreement with colleges, the Learning and Skills Council does require a college to obtain its consent for capital transactions, where the total cost or proceeds exceed £1.5 million or 5 per cent. of the college's annual revenue (whichever is the lesser). The use of a building after sale does not affect this requirement.

Learning and Skills Improvement Service: Finance

David Laws: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how much funding his Department provided to the Learning and Skills Improvement Service in the latest period for which figures are available; and what proportion this constituted of the total budget of the Service.

Kevin Brennan: In 2008-09 BIS (then DIUS) funding was £99 million which represents 68 per cent. of the total LSIS income for that financial year.

Train to Gain Programme: Skills for Life Programme

Jim Cousins: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what funding support for the  (a) Train to Gain and  (b) Skills for Life programme (i) was provided in 2008-09 and (ii) is to be provided in 2009-10 to each receiving college in the North East.

Kevin Brennan: The Learning and Skills Council (LSC) has responsibility for the funding of post 19 further education and skills.
	Investment in Train to Gain in 2008-09 was £867 million and we plan to invest £925 million in 2009-10 (LSC grant letter, November 2008).
	Skills for Life delivery is spread across a number of programmes and funding is incorporated within those budget lines. The amount of funding made available for Skills for Life is based on planned levels of activity for an academic year. Planned investment in adult (19+) Skills for Life courses delivered through Train to Gain and Adult Learner Responsive routes is nearly £600 million for 2008-09 and nearly £670 million for 2009-10 financial years. The final actual spend for the 2008/09 academic year is not yet available.
	We do not hold information on LSC spend by region centrally. I have asked the chief executive of the LSC to write to you giving details of the funding provided to each college in the North East with a copy being placed in the House.

Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse

Justine Greening: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the aim of the alcohol arrest referral pilot is; how much has been  (a) distributed to and  (b) spent by each local authority through the pilot in each year since its inception; and how much his Department expects to award under the pilot in the next two years.

Alan Campbell: The aim of the alcohol arrest referral pilots is a reduction in alcohol related re-offending. The arrest referral pilots have been provided with grants by the Home Office which have either been administered by the Drug and Alcohol Action Team (DAATs) or the primary care trusts (PCTs). A table containing the amounts paid to the alcohol arrest referral pilots for 2007-08, 2008-09 and 2009-10 can be found at Table 1. No decisions have yet been made in respect of funding for 2010-11.
	
		
			  Table 1:  Organisations that received alcohol arrest referral (AAR) pilot grant funding for the years 2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10 
			  £ 
			   2007-08  2008-09  2009-10  Total 
			 Blackpool Council Children's Services — 20,000 53,125 73,125 
			 Bristol PCT — 24,753 42,277 67,030 
			 Chester DAAT 82,000 125,500 — 207,500 
			 Cleveland DAAT — 94,350 227,066 321,416 
			 Cumbria DAAT — 42,195 89,130 131,325 
			 Ealing PCT 81,000 126,000 — 207,000 
			 East Sussex DAAT — 35,000 138,334 173,334 
			 Islington PCT — 66,125 — 66,125 
			 Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland DAAT — 72,730 156,770 229,500 
			 Lincolnshire DAAT — 25,000 83,875 108,875 
			 Liverpool DAAT 82,000 166,500 138,750 387,250 
			 Manchester DAAT 82,000 91,500 — 173,500 
			 Newcastle Council Children's Services — 30,000 102,166 132,166 
			 North East Lincolnshire DAAT — 31,250 75,000 106,250 
			 Northamptonshire DAAT — 54,335 129,831 184,166 
			 Staffordshire DAAT — 30,000 100,000 130,000 
			 Stoke-on-Trent Community Safety Partnership — 63,000 135,333 198,333 
			 Swindon DAAT — 40,416 87,084 127,500 
			 Total 327,000 1,138,654 1,558,741 3,024,395

Forensic Science Service

Lindsay Hoyle: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which police forces use the Forensic Science Service centre in Chorley.

Alan Campbell: Under its current business model, the Forensic Science Service laboratory in Chorley can process work from any force in England and Wales, depending upon the type of test required. Chorley does not have the facilities to undertake the full range of forensic analysis. Primarily, the Chorley laboratory currently supports forces in North West—GMP, Merseyside, Cumbria, Lancashire, Cheshire and North Wales—along with the Isle of Man and Staffordshire.

Identity Cards: Finance

Nick Hurd: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer to Baroness Hanham of 1 June 2009,  Official Report, House of Lords, column WA35, on identity cards, what payments have been made to external marketing communications or public relations firms in respect of communications on identity cards.

Phil Woolas: In the financial year 2008-2009 payments of £62,000 were made to marketing communication agencies for public information activities to ensure businesses were aware of the Identity Card for Foreign Nationals when it was introduced in November 2008. These costs were shared by the Identity and Passport Service, UK Borders Agency and the Home Office.
	In the financial year 2009-10 payments of £464,314 have been made to marketing communication agencies by the Identity and Passport Service in preparation for the launch of the Identity Card and Identification Card for UK citizens in Greater Manchester and for airside workers later this year. These payments contribute towards the cost of a public information campaign targeted at businesses and consumers.
	No payments have been made to public relations firms in respect of communications on identity cards during either 2008-2009 or to date during 2009-2010.

Offensive Weapons: Crime

Jim Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what his most recent estimate is of the adequacy of the provisions of current legislation in reducing the number of offences related to the possession of a knife; and what recent steps his Department has taken to increase the levels of awareness of these provisions by  (a) the police and  (b) local communities.

Alan Campbell: holding answer 20 July 2009
	Through the Tackling Knives Action Programme we examined legislation which resulted in an increase in the maximum penalty for possession of an offensive knife/weapon in a public place from two years to four years. We have also made it clear that anyone aged 16 or over should be prosecuted at their first offence. In addition, in phase 1 of the programme we have funded TKAP-police forces increased use of stop and search powers (under section 1 of Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (PACE) and section 60 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994) to recover weapons, we have increased the minimum age to be sold a knife from 16 to 18, created a new offence of using someone to mind a weapon and made it an aggravating factor if the person used is a child. This is having an effect—more people are going to jail for carrying knives and they are getting longer sentences.
	In order to increase levels of awareness of the provisions available, on 22 July the Government hosted a Tackling Knives Action Programme/Youth Crime Action Plan One Year On Conference, which brought together ACPO representatives, frontline local agencies, community representatives, third sector stakeholders and young people. To further raise awareness, the Home Office will soon publish a tackling knives good practice guide.

Offensive Weapons: Crime Prevention

Karen Buck: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which organisations have received funding from his Department under the Tackling Knives Action Programme; and how much was allocated in each case.

Alan Campbell: holding answer 21 July 2009
	In June the Government announced that more than 150 organisations will receive £2.3 million in 2009-10 to tackle knife crime, serious youth violence and support the victims of violent crime through the Community Fund, Youth Sector Development Fund and Victims' Fund.
	The Victims' Fund (Homicide) allocated £334,000 between six organisations that support the families and friends of victims of homicide:
	
		
			   £ 
			 Mothers Against Murder and Aggression 75,000 
			 Winston's Wish (an organisation targeting bereaved children) 47,000 
			 National Victims Association (chaired by David Hines) 74,000 
			 Advocacy After Fatal Domestic Abuse 35,000 
			 Damilola Taylor Trust 75,000 
			 Support After Murder and Manslaughter Merseyside 28,000 
		
	
	Details of other successful third sector organizations in receipt of Home Office funding are available in the following link:
	www.crimereduction.homeoffice.gov.uk/funding/funding013.htm

Police: Finance

Justine Greening: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the aim of the Neighbourhood Crime and Justice Grant is; how much Government funding has been  (a) distributed to and (b) spent by each local authority in each year since their inception; and how much he expects to be spent in each of the next two years.

Alan Campbell: The aim of the Neighbourhood Crime and Justice (NCJ) grant is to help improve public confidence in how crime is tackled and justice delivered across England and Wales. This is targeted through a network of 60 Neighbourhood Crime and Justice 'Pioneer Areas'—60 Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships (CDRPs). Funding is paid out retrospectively against approved spend. Local programmes of work commenced between October 2008 and March 2009.
	The following table shows the 2008-09 approved claims for funding by area and the amounts that areas can spend up to in 2009-10.
	
		
			  Areas  2008-09  2009-10 
			   Claimed  Allocation 
			 Barking and Dagenham 50,000 70,000 
			 Barnsley 50,000 70,000 
			 Birmingham 49,963 75,000 
			 Blackburn with Darwen 31,670 70,000 
			 Blackpool 50,000 70,000 
			 Bolton 60,000 75,000 
			 Bradford 29,889 75,000 
			 Brent 60,000 75,000 
			 Bristol 59,934 75,000 
			 Caerphilly 25,000 70,000 
			 Camden 25,674 70,000 
			 Cardiff 2,408 75,000 
			 Doncaster 60,000 75,000 
			 Gateshead 0 45,000 
			 Greenwich 34,133 70,000 
			 Hackney 13,498 70,000 
			 Halton 0 70,000 
			 Hammersmith and Fulham 40,000 70,000 
			 Haringey 8,516 70,000 
			 Islington 31,895 70,000 
			 Kingston upon Hull 50,000 70,000 
			 Kirklees 0 75,000 
			 Knowsley 41,005 70,000 
			 Lambeth 49,816 75,000 
			 Leicester 59,319 75,000 
			 Lewisham 7,054 70,000 
			 Liverpool 60,000 75,000 
			 Luton 50,000 70,000 
			 Manchester 46,959 75,000 
			 Middlesbrough 50,000 70,000 
			 Newcastle upon Tyne 60,000 75,000 
			 Newham 25,000 70,000 
			 Newport 37,414 70,000 
			 North East Lincolnshire 28,231 70,000 
			 Northampton 28,640 70,000 
			 Nottingham 57,492 75,000 
			 Nuneaton and Bedworth 35,000 0 
			 Oldham 25,000 70,000 
			 Peterborough 20,136 70,000 
			 Preston 36,304 70,000 
			 Redcar and Cleveland 45,685 70,000 
			 Rochdale 35,000 70,000 
			 Rotherham 34,063 70,000 
			 Salford 42,627 70,000 
			 Sandwell 59,039 75,000 
			 Sefton 0 75,000 
			 Sheffield 4,427 75,000 
			 Slough 50,000 70,000 
			 South Tyneside 50,000 70,000 
			 Southampton 32,404 70,000 
			 St Helens 50,000 70,000 
			 Stoke-on-Trent 28,968 70,000 
			 Sunderland 45,000 75,000 
			 Swansea 23,654 70,000 
			 Tameside 32,223 70,000 
			 Thanet 50,000 70,000 
			 Tower Hamlets 40,430 70,000 
			 Wakefield 59,699 75,000 
			 Walsall 13,127 75,000 
			 Waltham Forest 1,940 70,000 
			 Wolverhampton 43,313 70,000 
			 Total 2,191,548 4,275,000

Road Traffic Offences: M4

Robert Goodwill: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what arrangements are in place to monitor compliance with the terms of use of the M4 bus lane.

Alan Campbell: The police can deal with illegal use of the bus lane by giving an oral or written warning, the issue of a £60 fixed penalty notice or by proceeding to prosecution. Metropolitan Police traffic officers are regularly deployed on that section of the M4 which includes the bus lane. Any police officer who witnesses an offence taking place there will take whatever action is appropriate in the circumstances. In addition, the Metropolitan Police are working in partnership with the Highways Agency and Transport for London to devise medium and long term solutions in relation to the lane's use and safety.

Stun Guns: Children

Natascha Engel: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what safety assessment his Department has conducted on the use of taser guns and attenuating energy projectiles in relation to children; and if he will make a statement.

Alan Campbell: The Home Office Scientific Development Branch have produced three reports evaluating Taser devices. We have also submitted the use of Taser according to Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) guidance to an independent group of medical advisers—DOMILL (Defence Scientific Advisory Council (DSAC) Sub-committee on the Medical Implications of Less-lethal Weapons).
	DOMILL has issued five statements on the medical implications of the use of the Taser. Its view is that the risk of death or serious injury from the use of Tasers within ACPO Guidance and Policy is very low. The fourth DOMILL statement identified children and adults of smaller stature as being at potentially greater risk from the cardiac effects of Taser currents than normal adults of average or large stature. The ACPO guidance to officers highlights this point.
	ACPO guidance on the use of Attenuated Energy Projectile (AEP) states that every effort should be made to ensure that children are not placed at risk by the firing of baton rounds in public order situations. The guidance is also clear that deployment of AEP in a public order situation must be restricted to use against clearly identified individuals who are presenting a threat which must be countered.
	Medical evaluation of the AEP by DOMILL concluded that the risk of serious and life-threatening injury to the head is less than that from its predecessor the L21A1 Baton Round, which already had a low risk of such injury.

FlexSpace

Caroline Spelman: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much has been spent on the FlexSpace initiative in his Department; and how much has been spent on consultancy services associated with the initiative.

Barbara Follett: Communities and Local Government has spent £4,685,000 on the SpaceFlex initiative, of which £1,045,000 has been spent on consultancy services.
	The SpaceFlex initiative moves Communities and Local Government staff from two buildings into one, enabling savings of £4.5 million per annum on reduced operating costs.

Land Use: South East

Fiona Mactaggart: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate he has made of the amount of undeveloped land appropriate for housing owned by those local authorities in the South East which have indicated they have insufficient housing supply.

Ian Austin: Approximately 3,238 hectares of public land exists in the South East, based on a September 2009 estimate. This consists of a mixture of projects under construction and land that will come forward at different times. It will not all be suitable for housing. The figure is for all public sector bodies generally—not just local planning authorities.

National Housing and Planning Advice Unit

Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what remuneration each of the board members of the National Housing and Planning Advice Unit received in each of the last three years.

Ian Austin: The National Housing and Planning Advice Unit's Board were appointed in November 2006 to oversee and steer the unit's work programme, and help deliver its objective to provide an evidence base for advice on improving housing supply and affordability. They bring an independent and expert view to the housing supply debate, based on their wide range of expertise in housing and economics. This shapes the unit's work and outputs, such as its advice on housing supply numbers to be tested in the planning process, and its research programme.
	Board members are entitled to claim the following remuneration for their NHPAU activities:
	Chair: £468.00 per day up to a maximum of 2.5 days per month;
	Other Board members (x 5): £350 per day up to a maximum of 2.5 days per month.
	However, the total remuneration amounts paid to Board members over each of the three years was considerably less than their entitlement:
	 November 2006 to March 2007: £9,047
	Each Board member claimed between £0 and £2,450 during this period
	 April 2007 to March 2008:: £26,972
	Each Board member claimed between £0 and £7,722 during this period
	 April 2008 to March 2009: £30,991
	Each Board member claimed between £2800 and £8,750 during this period
	 April 2009  to July 2009: £8,701
	Each Board member has claimed between £0 and £3,276 during this period.

Positive Futures Programme

Justine Greening: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the aim of the Positive Futures Programme is; how much funding was  (a) distributed to local authorities via the Programme by (i) his Department and (ii) each other contributing partner and  (b) subsequently spent by local authorities by local authority in each year since the Programme began; and what estimate he has made of the amount of such funding to be provided in the next two years.

Alan Campbell: I have been asked to reply.
	The Positive Futures programme aims to prevent young people from becoming involved in substance misuse, crime and antisocial behaviour by engaging them in activities and support them in accessing education, training, employment and volunteering opportunities.
	Total Home Office expenditure on the Positive Futures programmes is as follows:
	
		
			   Expenditure  £ 
			 2004-05 outturn expenditure 6,240,990 
			 2005-06 outturn expenditure 5,812,928 
			 2006-07 outturn expenditure 5,832,101 
			 2007-08 outturn expenditure 6,007,641 
			 2008-09 outturn expenditure 5,988,469 
			 2009-10 budget 5,999,000 
			  Source: Home Office Accounting System 
		
	
	Expenditure from previous years, funding from contributing partners and breakdown by local authority is not available without disproportionate cost.
	The indicative budget allocation for 2010-11 is £5,999,000. Budget allocations for 2011-12 have yet to be determined.

Regional Government: Finance

Caroline Spelman: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 7 May 2009,  Official Report, column 398W, on regional assemblies, what the estimated total revenue cost is of the Regional Assemblies and their successor bodies, including local authority funding.

Ian Austin: The estimated total revenue cost for Regional Assemblies and their successor bodies for 2009-10 provided by Central Government remains at £18 million. Local authorities may also provide funding for activities but details of these are not held centrally.

Shops: Empty Property

Caroline Spelman: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 
	(1)  which local authorities have received funding from his Department's empty shop revival fund;
	(2)  with reference to his Department's press release of 13 August 2009, on the empty shops revival fund, whether local authorities are required to specify how they will spend their allocation before they receive a grant from the fund.

Barbara Follett: The following table lists the 57 local authorities that have each received £52,631.58 to help them promote alternative uses for vacant shops in town centres, and other ideas for boosting high streets. This is new funding for 2009-10 only, which forms part of the package of support that CLG is providing to boost town centres and high streets, as set out in "Looking after our Town Centres", which we published with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport in April.
	We allocated this funding to local authorities showing high levels of deprivation and high shop vacancy rates. There was no bidding process. In accordance with the Government's policy on local authority funding, this is unringfenced grant and councils are not required to inform CLG how they intend to spend this funding. However, we wrote to all local authorities receiving the grant, highlighting some of the ideas and approaches that councils are already taking to boost their high streets and other support available.
	 Local authorities receiving empty shops funding
	Ashfield
	Barnsley
	Barrow-in-Furness
	Birmingham
	Blackburn with Darwen
	Blackpool
	Bolton
	Boston
	Bristol
	Burnley
	Copeland
	Corby
	Coventry
	Darlington
	Derby City
	Doncaster
	Dudley
	Durham
	Gateshead
	Great Yarmouth
	Hackney
	Halton
	Harlow
	Hartlepool
	Hastings
	Hyndburn
	Ipswich
	Kingston Upon Hull
	Kirklees
	Knowsley
	Leeds
	Leicester City
	Liverpool
	Manchester
	Mansfield
	Middlesbrough
	Newcastle upon Tyne
	North East Lincolnshire
	North Tyneside
	Nottingham City
	Pendle
	Preston
	Rochdale
	Rossendale
	Rotherham
	Salford
	Sandwell
	Sefton
	Sheffield
	South Tyneside
	Stoke-on-Trent
	Sunderland
	Tameside
	Thanet
	Walsall
	Wigan
	Wolverhampton

Social Rented Housing

Simon Hughes: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what steps the Government is taking to ensure that rent increases for housing association tenants in England are affordable.

Ian Austin: The Tenant Services Authority regulates registered social landlords (RSLs) in England to ensure that they provide decent homes and services for tenants. To protect tenants, TSA regulation places a limit on the maximum amount by which rents can rise each year. This limit is linked to the retail price index (RPI) as at the previous September. Rent can be increased by a maximum of RPI plus 0.5 per cent., plus £2 per week for rents that are below target levels.
	In July, as part of a consultation on draft directions to the TSA, the Government published proposals relating to the regulation of RSL rents after 1 April 2010. The consultation paper is available via the Communities and Local Government website at:
	http://www.communities.gov.uk/publications/housing/tsadirections
	The Department intends to publish the final directions shortly.

Social Rented Housing: Construction

Michael Meacher: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many social housing units have been built in each of the last 10 years; what the cost  (a) in total and  (b) per unit was in each such year; how many such units are planned to be built in each of the next five years; what the estimated cost (i) in total and (ii) per unit is in each of those years; and how many households were on a housing waiting list for (A) local authority housing and (B) housing association housing (1) in each of the last 10 years and (2) on the latest date for which information is available.

Ian Austin: holding answer 12 October 2009
	We have published on the Communities and Local Government website tables showing affordable housing completions from 1991-92 for both new build and acquisition.
	http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/housing/xls/1000.xls
	The following table shows the total expenditure through the Affordable Housing Programme over the years 1999-2000 to 2008-09 together with the average grant per unit for each year.
	
		
			  Allocation year  Total AHP e xpenditure (capital)  (£ million)  Allocation cost per unit 
			 1999-2000 815 28,454 
			 2000-01 830 36,697 
			 2001-02 823 47,640 
			 2002-03 1,030 56,874 
			 2003-04 1,805 62,988 
			 2004-05 1,624 63,639 
			 2005-06 1,598 54,556 
			 2006-07 1,923 60,588 
			 2007-08 2,004 59,729 
			 2008-09 (provisional) 2,625 65,773 
			  Source: Homes and Communities Agency 
		
	
	As set out in the Homes and Communities Agency's Corporate Plan we are expecting to invest £3,248 million and £2,480 million in 2009-10 and 2010-11 respectively through the Affordable Housing Programme. Schemes bid for grant on a competitive basis. The HCA receive bids on a continuous basis and assess them against set criteria including value for money, as a result grant per unit for any year is not available until after year end.
	The number of households registered on local authority housing waiting lists in each local authority, as at 1 April each year from 1997 to 2008, is published on the Communities and Local Government website in Table 600. Where local authorities and registered social landlords operate a common register, households registered with the RSL will be included in the data. However, registered social landlords are independent bodies and can keep their own waiting lists. The link for this table is as follows:
	http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/housing/xls/table600.xls

Social Rented Housing: Finance

Stephen Hepburn: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what capital funding his Department has provided for social housing in  (a) Jarrow constituency,  (b) South Tyneside,  (c) the North East and  (d) England in each year since 1997.

Ian Austin: The following tables show the funding provided through the Homes and Communities Agency's Affordable Housing Programme for social rent and low cost home ownership in South Tyneside local authority, the North East Region, and England in each year since 1997.
	
		
			  Affordable Housing Programme expenditure in South Tyneside 
			  £ million 
			   Social rent  LCHO  Total social rent and LCHO 
			 1997-98 0.65 0.35 1.00 
			 1998-99 0.91 0.13 1.04 
			 1999-2000 1.24 0.42 1.66 
			 2000-01 0.59 0.11 0.70 
			 2001-02 0.97 0.13 1.10 
			 2002-03 2.44 0.12 2.56 
			 2003-04 4.23 0.11 4.34 
			 2004-05 1.44 0.07 1.51 
			 2005-06 3.87 0.05 3.92 
			 2006-07 2.64 0 2.64 
			 2007-08 1.57 0 1.57 
			 2008-09 1.52 0.03 1.55 
		
	
	
		
			  Affordable Housing Programme expenditure in North East Region 
			  £ million 
			   Social rent  LCHO  Total social rent and LCHO 
			 1997-98 17.29 4.46 21.75 
			 1998-99 15.45 2.57 18.02 
			 1999-2000 15.71 1.56 17.27 
			 2000-01 15.81 1.58 17.39 
			 2001-02 18.65 1.36 20.01 
			 2002-03 19.6 0.84 20.44 
			 2003-04 34.94 2.07 37.01 
			 2004-05 35.37 1.75 37.12 
			 2005-06 31.94 2.55 34.49 
			 2006-07 38.66 3.13 41.79 
			 2007-08 33.53 2.55 36.08 
			 2008-09 52.53 4.87 57.40 
		
	
	
		
			  Affordable Housing Programme expenditure in England 
			  £ million 
			   Social rent  LCHO  Total social rent and LCHO 
			 1997-98 456.47 159.29 615.76 
			 1998-99 446.51 115.75 562.26 
			 1999-2000 522.79 79.31 602.10 
			 2000-01 575.66 97.22 672.88 
			 2001-02 646.53 87.51 734.04 
			 2002-03 760.23 119.91 880.14 
			 2003-04 1,171.00 366.58 1,537.58 
			 2004-05 1,050.04 512.19 1,562.23 
			 2005-06 933.19 585.65 1,518.84 
			 2006-07 1,432.55 443.44 1,875.99 
			 2007-08 1,552.32 427.44 1,979.76 
			 2008-09 2,038.13 551.29 2,589.42 
			  Source: Homes and Communities Agency Investment Management System (IMS) Information on funding for affordable housing is not available by constituency.

Afghanistan: Lapis Lazuli

Harry Cohen: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development whether his Department's efforts to promote economic development in Afghanistan have included steps to support exploitation for trade purposes of its lapis lazuli resources.

Michael Foster: The Department for International Development (DFID) committed almost £4.2 million to a four-year programme (2004-08) aimed at strengthening the institutional capacity of the Afghanistan Geological Survey and establishing a viable minerals industry (including Lapis Lazuli). Further information about this programme is available from:
	http://www.bgs.ac.uk/AfghanMinerals/Index.htm
	DFID is also working to improve the wider conditions for trade and investment by supporting Harakat (formerly the Afghanistan Investment Climate Facility). Further information on Harakat is available from
	http://www.harakat.af

Departmental Travel

Justine Greening: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much his Department spent on  (a) car hire,  (b) train travel,  (c) air travel,  (d) hotels and  (e) restaurant meals for (i) Ministers and (ii) staff in his Department in each of the last five years.

Douglas Alexander: The information requested is not held centrally and could not be provided without incurring disproportionate cost.
	Travel by Ministers and civil servants is undertaken in accordance with the Ministerial Code and the Civil Service Management Code respectively, and all spending on official entertainment is made in accordance with the principles set out in Managing Public Money.
	I also refer the hon. Member to the Cabinet Office annual list of overseas travel over £500 undertaken by Ministers. The 2008-09 list was published on 16 July 2009 and can be viewed at:
	http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/propriety_and_ethics/ministers/travel_gifts.aspx

Overseas Aid

Stephen Crabb: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much UK bilateral aid he plans to allocate to each of the five fragile states identified in his new aid programme for job creation.

Michael Foster: As announced in DFID's 2009 Annual Report, the total planned expenditure by DFID in the next two years of the current comprehensive spending review (CSR) period in each of the five fragile states we identified earlier is as follows:
	
		
			  £ million 
			   2009-10  2010-11 
			 Afghanistan 123.5 123 
			 Nepal 46 56 
			 Yemen 35 50 
			 Nigeria 120 140 
			 Ethiopia 202 196

Overseas Aid

Margaret Moran: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development which country received the largest allocation of funding support from his Department in 2009; which country is expected to receive the largest such allocation in 2010; and for what specific purposes in each case.

Michael Foster: The Department for International Development allocated the largest share of bilateral funding to the India country programme in the 2009-10 financial year (£275 million). We estimate that India will also receive the largest allocation of funding in 2010-11.
	DFID's support is focused on assisting the Government of India to improve the impact its public policies and services have on reducing poverty. It works in the following main areas: education; health and nutrition; inclusive growth; governance reform; rural and urban development; the management of natural resources; and the empowerment of the poor, especially women and other marginalised groups in Indian society. More detailed information on our programme in India is available on the DFID website:
	www.dfid.gov.uk

Security

David Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what expenditure his Department has incurred on engaging private security companies and private military companies for work undertaken in  (a) Iraq and  (b) Afghanistan in each of the last three years.

Michael Foster: The Department for International Development (DFID) uses the services of private security companies managed and administered by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. DFID's share of these is as follows. We do not contract with private military companies.
	
		
			  £ million 
			   Iraq  Afghanistan 
			 2006-07 6.1 1.8 
			 2007-08 5.0 2.3 
			 2008-09 5.5 2.3

Arthritis: General Practitioners

Graham Allen: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps his Department is taking to ensure that GPs have greater awareness of rheumatoid arthritis to enable earlier identification of the disease.

Ann Keen: The Department has published a good practice commissioning pathway for inflammatory arthritis which supports clinicians in identifying cases of rheumatoid arthritis and ensuring that they are set on the right pathway of care. This describes key symptoms, for example where patients should be referred for urgent treatment.
	General practitioners can also use the Map of Medicine to determine the best possible treatment options for their patients, including information on the various patterns of onset, diagnostic tests and medical treatment of rheumatoid arthritis(1).
	The Department has not made any specific assessment of access to or quality of care services for people with rheumatoid arthritis.
	It is the responsibility of primary care trusts as commissioners of healthcare services to ensure that their populations have access to the services that they require.
	The Department has published a good practice commissioning pathway for inflammatory arthritis. All 18 weeks commissioning pathways provide information to illustrate what services should be commissioned and provided in different levels of care. The guidance recommends that information is given to patients to help them understand and self-manage their condition at different stages of the treatment pathway.
	"Your health, your way—a guide to long term conditions and self care" provides people living with long-term conditions, including rheumatoid arthritis, with information about the choices that should be available to them locally to enable them to self care in partnership with health and social care professionals.
	NHS Choices also provides a wealth of information to assist patients in recognising the symptoms of a variety of conditions, including rheumatoid arthritis. The national health service guide to rheumatoid arthritis features information on the warning signs and symptoms of the condition and streaming of a rheumatologist outlining symptoms, treatment and aspects of living with the rheumatoid arthritis.
	(1 )The Map of Medicine is a map of best available research evidence and a best evidence clinical guideline. It displays this knowledge in an easy-to-use pathways format, reflecting the patient journey and provides a framework for creating local pathways.

Arthritis: General Practitioners

Graham Allen: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps his Department is taking to ensure that GPs make information on rheumatoid arthritis available to the public.

Ann Keen: The central focus of Your health, your way—a guide to long term conditions and self care is to promote discussion between health and social care professionals and individuals with long term conditions about what options there are for self care and what support and information is available to help improve the way they manage their own health and well-being.
	The Department is also developing the Information Prescriptions programme which aims to empower people with long-term conditions and their carers by giving them information to help them better manage their condition and care.
	Information Prescriptions can be created through NHS Choices for a number of long-term conditions, including rheumatoid arthritis. Individuals can access this information directly, or alternatively, health professionals may provide the information during a consultation. Local versions of Information Prescriptions are being developed across the country and we are encouraging primary care trusts and general practitioner practices to develop directories of information and processes for providing personalised information to patients and their carers.

Hospitals: Parking

Simon Burns: To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 14 September 2009,  Official Report, column 2159W, on hospitals: parking, for what reasons income from charges on NHS staff for car parking at  (a) Broomfield Hospital, Chelmsford and  (b) St John's Hospital, Chelmsford rose from 2006-07 to 2007-08.

Mike O'Brien: Car Park charges are not set or controlled by ministers so the Department does not hold this information. The hon. Member may wish to contact Mid Essex Hospitals Services NHS Trust, for the information requested, who are responsible for the charges on car parks.

Maternity Services: Finance

Norman Lamb: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much was spent on maternity services in  (a) England,  (b) each strategic health authority and  (c) each NHS trust in each of the last three years.

Ann Keen: Information is not available in the format requested. The following table shows maternity expenditure by primary care trusts mapped to strategic health authorities (SHA).
	
		
			  £000 
			   2006-07  2007-08  2008-09 
			 East Midlands SHA 138,948 149,169 151,387 
			 East of England SHA 131,464 159,823 171,369 
			 London SHA 271,826 284,164 335,671 
			 North East SHA 88,551 90,422 91,001 
			 North West SHA 254,309 280,312 316,310 
			 South Central SHA 137,468 127,500 139,626 
			 South East Coast SHA 111,155 118,452 133,822 
			 South West SHA 128,545 164,714 182,529 
			 West Midlands SHA 176,080 198,565 215,736 
			 Yorkshire and the Humber SHA 178,431 213,775 231,112 
			 England total 1,616,777 1,786,896 1,968,563 
			  Source: NHS Summarised Accounts 2006-07 to 2007-08

Midwives: Finance

Norman Lamb: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much funding his Department has allocated to increase numbers of NHS midwives in  (a) 2009-10,  (b) 2010-11 and  (c) 2011-12.

Ann Keen: On 25 February 2008 the then Secretary of State for Health (Alan Johnson) announced a package of measures to improve maternity services with an additional £330 million over three years going out to primary care trusts (PCTs). This funding is available to expand the maternity work force.
	In addition we have provided a total of £1.5 million to strategic health authorities for 2009-10 and 2010-11 to support midwifery, recruitment, return and retention.
	It is for individual PCTs to determine how to use the funding allocated to commission services to meet the healthcare needs of their local population. The funding figures for 2012 are not available.

Midwives: Training

Norman Lamb: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people have enrolled on the Midwifery Return to Practice course in each of the last two years.

Ann Keen: The data we have received from strategic health authorities (SHAs) shows 93 midwives enrolled on the scheme for 2008-09. Data is not available for 2009-10 as several courses will not commence until 2010.
	The Department has recently provided a total of £1.5 million to SHAs for 2009-10 to support midwifery recruitment, return and retention. Return to practice is only one way to increase midwifery numbers. Other local initiatives include leadership development in maternity services to support succession planning, retention plans and individualised plans for midwives due to retire to support them to remain in practice, maternity support worker development and midwifery project facilitators and mentors to support midwives on Return to Practice programmes to ensure newly qualified and recently returned midwives can integrate fully into the national health service.
	There are expectations that similar funding will be available to SHAs leading up to 2012.

Midwives: Vacancies

Norman Lamb: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many midwifery vacancies in the NHS there are; and what the  (a) three-month vacancy rate and  (b) total vacancy rate for NHS midwives was in each of the last five years.

Ann Keen: The latest NHS Vacancy Survey shows that there were 191 midwifery three month vacancies (1 per cent. of the midwifery work force) in the national health service in England on 31 March 2009.
	The three month vacancy rate and total vacancy rate for NHS midwives in each of the last five years is shown in the following table:
	
		
			  The NHS Information Centre for health and social care vacancies surveys March each year vacancies in England for qualified midwifery staff 
			  Percentage 
			   Three month vacancy rate  All vacancies rate 
			 2005 1.8 — 
			 2006 1.0 — 
			 2007 0.5 — 
			 2008 0.8 2.1 
			 2009 1.0 3.4 
			  Notes: 1. Three month vacancy rates are three month vacancies expressed as a percentage of three month vacancies plus staff in post from the previous September non-medical workforce census (full-time equivalent). 2. Three month vacancies are vacancies as at 31 March which trusts are actively trying to fill which had lasted for three months or more. 3. Total vacancy rates are vacancies expressed as a percentage of total vacancies plus staff in post from the previous September non-medical workforce census (full-time equivalent). 4. A vacancy is defined as one which employers are actively trying to fill as at 31 March. 5. Not available. Total vacancies were collected for the first time in 2008.  Sources: The NHS Information Centre for health and social care Vacancies Survey. The NHS Information Centre for health and social care Non-Medical Workforce Census

Departmental Public Expenditure

Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families with reference to table 8.4 of his Department's Annual Report 2009, page 176, to which programmes  (a) the 2009-10 and  (b) the 2010-11 budget for (i) the Youth Task Force and (ii) Youth Programmes has been allocated.

Dawn Primarolo: The breakdown of the Youth Task Force and Youth Programmes, which are shown aggregated in DCSF's departmental annual report 2009, are provided in the following tables for the years 2009-10 and 2010-11:
	
		
			  Departmental report allocation 
			  £ 
			   2009-10  2010-11 
			  (i)Youth Task Force Programmes   
			 Youth Task Force—Communications 2,000 3,256 
			 Youth Task Force Research and grants 10,046 3,597 
			 Youth Task Force Programmes total 12,046 6,853 
			
			  (ii)Youth Programmes   
			 Contact Point (Capital) 3,800 35,200 
			 Youth Challenge Fund 800 4,300 
			 Workforce Development Capital Grant 218 218 
			 National Youth Agency (NYA)/National Voluntary Youth Agency (NVYO) Grants 1,000 8,000 
			 Children and Families Directorate (CFD) Capital Grant 13,160 21,334 
			 Voluntary Child Services (VCS) Children Young People and Families (CYPF) Grant and capacity improving 29,807 21,802 
			 Communications/Participation/Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAHMS) 1,614 864 
			 Vetting and Barring Scheme (VBS)/Integrated Children's System(ICS)/Making Safeguarding Everyone's Responsibility (MSER)/Adoption Strategy/Quality Protects (QP) 67,033 59,523 
			 Family Fund Trust/Contact a Family 25,332 23,322 
			 10 Year Strategy Additions (including Youth Facilities, Community Cohesion, Youth Crime Prevention, Do it for real, Vetting and Barring, and Young Media Fund) 39,142 66,000 
			 Youth Sector Support 40,730 40,000 
			 Peer Mentoring 240 240 
			 Youth Programmes total 222,876 280,803

Schools: Sports

Peter Bone: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what the cost to the public purse of undertaking the most recent Schools Sport Surveys was.

Iain Wright: The cost of undertaking the annual School Sport Survey in.2008/09, via the DCSF's contractors TNS, was £296,628 including VAT.

Secondary Education: Per Capita Costs

Fraser Kemp: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much funding per secondary school pupil has been allocated in  (a) Sunderland and  (b) England for 2009-10.

Vernon Coaker: The Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG) guaranteed per pupil unit of funding (GUF) for 2009-10 for Sunderland is £4,137. The average guaranteed per unit of funding for 2009-10 for England is £4,218. This is for all funded pupils aged three to 15 and is in cash terms. Separate figures are not available for secondary schools as funding is not allocated by phase.

Teachers: Pensions

Steve Webb: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many members of the teachers' pension scheme are expected to reach scheme pension age in each of the next 10 years.

Vernon Coaker: The following table shows the number of in-service teachers who will reach age 60—the normal pension age (NPA) for existing members of the Teachers' Pension Scheme (TPS) on 1 January 2007—in the next ten years. Since January 2007 any new entrant to the TPS has a NPA of 65. There will also be a number of out of service teachers who will become eligible for their pension benefits over the next 10 years.
	
		
			  Membership of the Teachers' Pension Scheme (TPS)( 1)  by age, March 2008, provisional—England and Wales 
			   In service 
			  Age  Full-time  Part-time( 2) 
			 50 15,810 5,870 
			 51 16,410 6,090 
			 52 16,900 6,150 
			 53 17,430 6,210 
			 54 18,210 6,480 
			 55 17,150 6,550 
			 56 15,820 6,810 
			 57 14,280 6,720 
			 58 12,280 6,690 
			 59 9,780 6,240 
			 Total 154,07 63,810 
			 (1) Teachers with recorded service in any establishment that is within the TPS (includes state funded schools, further education, and other higher and independent sector institutions that are members of the TPS).  (2 )Part-time teachers include a proportion who are not contributors to the TPS.   Note:  Figures are rounded to the nearest 10.   Source:  Database of Teacher Records.